Symposium focuses on students' teaching innovations

On May 16, the fifth annual Classroom Research and Teaching Symposium brought together graduate students and faculty who apply their research skills to develop more effective teaching practices.

Engineered E. coli vesicles act as vaccine deliverers

Antigen-coated membranes on the surface of E. coli bacteria cells serve as vaccine vehicles that were proven effective against a highly deadly pathogen, a Cornell-led research group has shown.

New Ph.D.s urged to innovate and continue to grow

As part of 2016 Graduation Weekend, 300 recipients of doctoral degrees were honored at the traditional hooding ceremony.

Hooding ceremony recognizes new veterinary doctors

Members of the Class of 2016 were recognized at the College of Veterinary Medicine’s Hooding Ceremony May 28 in Bailey Hall.

Parity still far-off goal for women academics in STEM fields

Women haven’t reached parity in science, technology, engineering and mathematics disciplines, but progressive policies could help, said Sharon Sassler at the Empowering Women in Science and Engineering Symposium.

Electrical properties of superconductor altered by 'stretching'

A Cornell-led team of researchers has displayed the ability to alter superconductor strontium ruthenate's electrical properties through strain, or 'stretching', of a thin film of the material.

Bacterial diversity in soils was shaped by ice ages

A new study of the distribution in North American soils of Streptyomyces, a genus of bacteria is the source of 80 percent of antibiotics, finds it corresponds with latitude.

Brachman to lead Jacobs Technion-Cornell Institute

Cornell Tech announced May 25 that Ron Brachman, an internationally recognized authority on artificial intelligence, will join the campus as the new director of the Joan & Irwin Jacobs Technion-Cornell Institute.

Shortened URLs may open a window on your life

By computer-generating strings of characters, hackers can discover short Web addresses and mine them for private information.